- Fair and Just Courts
- Government Accountability
- Church-State Issues
Senior Fellow Elliot Mincberg has researched and analyzed the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice, religious liberty and other civil rights/civil liberties issues for more than three decades. At PFAW, Elliot’s work centers around judicial appointments, which he’s focused on since Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court, and right-wing attacks on LGBT rights and religious liberty. Prior to his role as senior fellow at PFAW, he served as legal director and general counsel for PFAW and PFAW Foundation, as chief counsel for oversight and investigations of the House Judiciary Committee, and as a partner at a major DC law firm. He also serves on the Committee on Religious Liberty of the National Council of Churches and the National Advisory Board of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute.
Mincberg has been cited as an expert in national publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Nation and has appeared on national broadcast outlets such as CNN and NPR. He’s testified before Congress on key issues and his work has been published in outlets such as the Aspen Journal of Ideas, Salon, and the Huffington Post. He has actively participated in federal and state court litigation at all levels on religious liberty, discrimination, and voting rights issues.
Elliot Mincberg's Areas of Expertise
All Posts
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Blog Post | December 15, 2020
Trump Judges Cast Deciding Votes to Uphold Dismissal Without Trial of Student’s Sexual Harassment Case: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 14, 2020
Trump Justices Authorize Immediate Execution of Two Black Men, One Based on False Evidence and the Other Despite Evidence of Mental Disability: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 11, 2020
Trump Judges Try to Dismiss Case Concerning Significant Education Disparities Harming African American Schoolchildren in Mississippi: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 9, 2020
Another Trump Judge Tries to Uphold Restrictive Trump Immigration Policy: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 9, 2020
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Reverse District Court and Allow Restrictive State Abortion Law to Take Immediate Effect: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 9, 2020
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Make it Harder to Challenge Execution Methods in Death Penalty Cases: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 9, 2020
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Affirm Dismissal of Claim that Employee Was Fired for Complaining About Race and Disability Bias: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 9, 2020
Trump Judge Doubles Down on Decision Allowing Continued Detention of Immigrant Who Has Been Imprisoned for Almost Three Years: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 7, 2020
Trump Judge Tries to Dismiss Challenge to Trump-Barr Execution Protocol as Violating Federal Drug Law: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 1, 2020
Trump Judges Dismiss Challenge to Trump Census Edict as Premature Even as Supreme Court Considers the Issue: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears